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A third man was arrested Friday in the murder of 23-year-old Jenika Jones.

Al Martinez Green, 19, 813 1/2 East Dunlap St., was arrested by Lancaster County sheriff’s deputies and charged with murder, according to a sheriff’s office press release. As of Friday morning, Green remained jailed at the Lancaster County Detention Center.

Two other men – Devatee Clinton, 24, 1911 Roseanna Lane and Wayne Blakeney, 20, 5987 Taxahaw Road – were arrested March 9 and both were also charged with murder.

Two Lancaster County men were hospitalized after sustaining injuries in a one-vehicle crash Wednesday night, March 28.

Doug A. Fells, 29, of Kershaw was driving a 1988 Ford Mustang with Christopher Adam Hunter, 32, of Lancaster as the front-seat passenger, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.

Fells was traveling north on Farmbrook Road at 8:40 p.m. when he came upon a right-hand curve. The car ran off the right side of the road and collided with a tree, said Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Billy Elder.

Police are searching for an armed man who stole several items from a Lancaster pharmacy last weekend.

Lancaster police officers responded to Walgreens, at 1101 Gillsbrook Road, shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, March 24, about a robbery that just occurred, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.

More college students than even before will have a chance to work for the city of Lancaster as a summer intern.

The city is now accepting applications for its annual internship program, which will run from May 29 to Aug. 6. This year, the ten-week program will include five students – two more than had been involved in years past.

Shelia Thompson, the city's human resources assistant who helps organize the program, said she's pleased City Council approved the two additional positions this summer.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Investigators are searching for a suspect who may be involved in a shooting that injured a Lancaster man last weekend.
Lancaster County sheriff's deputies were called Sunday, March 25, to a home in the 2000 block of Evans Drive about a reported shooting, according to a sheriff's office press release.
When they arrived, they spoke with a 28-year-old man who said he was inside his home when he heard gunshots, the release said. The man also reported he was shot in his hip and hand.